Handling dates, time, and time zones is a very complex matter and gets even more complicated when you implement them into databases. PostgreSQL is well equipped to handle such complexities and provides powerful, native support for handling date/timestamp data types. In order to explore the proper use of dates, timestamps, and interval data types, 2ndQuadrant […]
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Oracle to PostgreSQL: ANSI outer join syntax in PostgreSQL
/1 Comment/in 2ndQuadrant, Kirk’s PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Kirk RoybalWe find ourselves at the third article in the Oracle migration series. This time, we look at those strange operators that modify the WHERE clause criteria in Oracle (+). Like everything else, PostgreSQL has a solution for that.
Webinar: Date/Timestamp types in PostgreSQL [Follow Up]
/0 Comments/in Webinars /by Bilal IbrarHandling dates, time, and time zones is a very complex matter and gets even more complicated when you implement them into databases. PostgreSQL is well equipped to handle such complexities and provides powerful, native support for handling date/timestamp data types. In order to explore the proper use of dates, timestamps, and interval data types, 2ndQuadrant […]
A tale of password authentication methods in PostgreSQL
/0 Comments/in Eisentraut's PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Peter EisentrautLet’s say you want to implement a password authentication method in a client/server protocol. How would you do that and what would be the possible problems? The following is the story of how this was done in PostgreSQL. password In the beginning, PostgreSQL only had the method that is now known as “password” in pg_hba.conf. […]
Automated rapid switchover with a BDR database cluster in Kubernetes
/0 Comments/in Cloud Native /by Gabriele BartoliniDiscover how BDR and Kubernetes allow you to reach very high uptimes in a year for a database solution thanks to the fast failover capability. Watch the demo!
Webinar: Creating Graph Databases in PostgreSQL [Follow Up]
/0 Comments/in Webinars /by Bilal IbrarPostgreSQL is a hyperconverged DBMS offering functionalities that otherwise require specialized database technology. Developing a Graph Database is one such use case. To explore Graph Databases in more detail, 2ndQuadrant held a live webinar, “Creating Graph Databases in PostgreSQL”, which was hosted by Simon Riggs (CEO at 2ndQuadrant). In this webinar, Simon demonstrated how PostgreSQL […]
Webinar: pg_catalog Unveiled! [Follow Up]
/0 Comments/in Webinars /by Bilal IbrarPostgreSQL users are always interested in their system’s performance to know if any improvements need to be made or to generate the occasional health report requested by their managers. Standard monitoring tools are available to monitor the CPU, RAM, and I/O consumption, but they won’t be able to tell you if indexes are being used, […]
How to use the Random Forest Machine Learning Model with 2UDA – PostgreSQL and Orange (Part 3)
/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Seemab's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Semab TariqThis article gives a step by step guide to utilizing Machine Learning capabilities with 2UDA. In this article, we’ll use examples of Animals to predict whether they are Mammals, Birds, Fish or Insects. Software versions We’re going to use 2UDA version 11.6-1 to implement the Machine Learning model. This version 11.6-1 combines: PostgreSQL 11.6 Orange […]
Webinar: Identity Columns and Generated Columns in PostgreSQL [Follow Up]
/0 Comments/in Webinars /by Bilal IbrarIdentity Columns, initially rolled out in PostgreSQL 10, offer a standard-conforming and robust way to dynamically create auto-incrementing fields in tables. Generated Columns, computed from other columns, were first introduced in PostgreSQL 12. They enable more flexible schema design and performance benefits for your database. To cover the topic of “Identity Columns and Generated Columns […]
Developing PostgreSQL for Windows, Part 3
/0 Comments/in Eisentraut's PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Peter EisentrautLet’s wrap this up. In part 1 of this blog series, I explained the different Windows build targets supported by PostgreSQL. In part 2, I showed how to test patches for Windows compatibility and how to easily spin up a Windows environment for testing and simple development. Now, in this third and final part, we’ll […]
PostgreSQL is the worlds’ best database
/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Kirk’s PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Kirk RoybalThe title is not clickbait or hyperbole. I intend to prove that by virtue of both design and implementation that PostgreSQL is objectively and measurably a better database than anything currently available, with or without money considerations. How in the world can I claim and justify such a lofty statement? Read on, gentle nerd. I […]